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What Is Trauma-Informed Rest?
In her new book, Permission to Rest, Ashley Neese talks about why rest is a radical — and necessary — practice, as well as how those of us with trauma might approach rest differently.
The Promise of Permeability
How to soften your defenses so you can let feelings in — and out again.
Pillow Talk: A Q&A With Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin
Sex therapist Vanessa Marin and her husband Xander Marin help couples take the intimidation out of getting intimate.
The Case for Sex Therapy
Here’s how individual or partner therapy can help you understand your desires and boundaries, improve communication with your partner — and enjoy better sex.
How to Talk About Sex With Your Partner
Sex educators explain why talking about sex with our partners can be so challenging — and how to get more comfortable with it.
6 Tips to Help You Successfully Navigate Telemedicine Appointments
Virtual healthcare services can increase access, yet they come with their own barriers and limitations. Functional-medicine practitioner Susan Blum, MD, MPH, shares guidance for navigating telemedicine.
How to Be More Mindful With Email Communications
It can be difficult to accurately convey an emotional tone in an email, which makes it easy for misunderstandings to happen. Here is guidance to ensure your message’s intention is accurately received.
How to Control Your Body Language When Triggered at Work
Your body is constantly sending messages to everyone around you. Are they helping or hurting your work relationships? Sharon Salzburg explains what’s happening on a physiological level and how to better manage your unconscious language.
How to Deal With Constant Interruptions at Work
Constant chatter, random noises, chronic interruptions from a coworker can all lead to diminished work productivity and mistakes. Here Sharon Salzberg offers strategies to set clearer work time boundaries.
Why Inspiration Is the Engine of Joy
Explore the five traits of this emotion and insights for tapping into the transcendence and interconnectedness of it.
A 5-Step Plan for Starting a New Workout Routine
Getting into a workout routine can be difficult, especially if you’re new to it or have hit pause for a while. Lindsay Ogden, CPT, shares her secret steps for success that anyone can follow to begin — or begin again — and that can set them up for consistent and long-lasting fitness progress.
About Time
Life Time CEO and founder Bahram Akradi reflects on what a precious commodity time is — and how we can make the most of it.
How Your Banking and Investment Choices Can Help Make the World a Better Place
Start investing in a better future today by exploring greener investment options and learning to incorporate environmentally friendly choices into your financial portfolio.
13 Creative Ways to Learn Something New
Lifelong learning can improve our health and happiness. Try some of these ideas for learning something new.
Be Your Own Best Health Advocate
A Lyme disease diagnosis and accompanying body-wide pain and debilitating fatigue led Ryan Sutter — firefighter, endurance athlete, and Bachelorette alum — to take action to find answers, treatment options, and a path toward wellness. In this episode, Sutter shares his health journey, as well as advice for pushing through challenge, fighting health obstacles, and advocating for your well-being.
ONE HEALTHY HABIT:
Move Throughout Your Day
This month’s One Healthy Habit challenge encourages taking a break from busyness to build fitness.
Daymond John on Setting Goals, Leaving a Legacy, and Investing in His Health
The entrepreneur and Shark Tank investor shares his inspiring journey from growing up in Queens and launching his multi-billion-dollar streetwear brand FUBU to his recent life-changing cancer diagnosis.
How to Overcome an Aggressive Workplace Culture
Does your workplace lean towards power over compassion, or disparagement over cooperation? Mindfulness pioneer Sharon Salzburg offers her wisdom for strengthening connections with your coworkers.
How to Deal With a Defensive Coworker
Interacting with a colleague who constantly has their guard up can be frustrating and lead to unnecessary tension. However, your word choice can do a lot to break down those barriers.
How to Navigate Office Gossip
Gossip can lead to a dysfunctional and toxic workplace. The good news? You don’t have to stop it. Mindfulness pioneer Sharon Salzburg explains here.
9 Tips for Great Workouts Even When You’re Short on Time
Life Time performers share their advice for maximizing your fitness efforts when you’re in a time crunch.